Me and my daughter love cloud spotting. We’ve seen flying pigs, dinosaurs and Homer Simpson – but I love wave clouds the most.
Also known as Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, these atmospheric waves are perhaps the last uncrowded line ups left on earth.
So enjoy their unspoilt beauty now, before Laird Hamilton figures out a way to ride them:
![Cloud Waves Giselle Goloy Cloud Waves Giselle Goloy](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Waves-Giselle-Goloy.jpg)
Wave cloud perfection
Source: Giselle Goloy/Cloud Appreciation Society
![wave cloud clear skies wave cloud clear skies](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-cloud-mashka-7.jpg)
Wave clouds in clear skies
Source: Unrepentantly Obsessed
![wave cloud wave cloud blue sky](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-cloud-mashka-1.jpg)
Heavenly wave clouds
Source: Unrepentantly Obsessed
![wave cloud appreciation society wave cloud appreciation society](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-cloud-appreciation-society.jpg)
Wave cloud over Colorado
Source: Terry Robinson/Cloud Appreciation Society
![wave cloud weird wave cloud weird](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-cloud-wunderground.jpg)
Weird wave clouds
Source: Wunderground
![Kelvin-Helmholtz waves Kelvin-Helmholtz waves](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Kelvin-Helmholtz_waves-wiki.jpg)
Waves above and below
Source: Rod Jones/Wikipedia
![wave cloud mountains wave cloud mountains](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-cloud-mashka-3.jpg)
Wave clouds peaking
Source: Unrepentantly Obsessed
![wave cloud stormy wave cloud stormy](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-cloud-mhd-spectral.jpg)
Stormy wave clouds
Source: CWI Amsterdam
![wave clouds birmingham city wave clouds birmingham city](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wave-clouds-birmingham-city.jpg)
Wave clouds engulf Birmingham City
Source: AlabamaWX
![Kelvin Helmholz wave clouds Kelvin Helmholz wave clouds](https://www.surferdad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Kelvin_Helmholz_wave_clouds.jpg)
A Kelvin Helmholz sunset
Source: Brocken Inaglory/Wikipedia